All warnings continue to stay in effect all along our Georgia and South Carolina. In addition, we have Flash Flood Watches for all of South Carolina and SE Georgia and Tropical Storm Warnings for inland counties ( west of I-95 ). As we continue to track Category 3 Hurricane Matthew moving northwest paralleling Florida's coast, the storm . Then the storm will gradually make a turn to the north and eventually the northeast.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) continues to keep Matthew just off our coast, keeping the strongest storm surge, which is the rapid rise of water that happens as a hurricane makes landfall, and the strongest winds to the east. Having said that, the coastal counties are still expecting sustained winds running between 40-60 mph and wind gusts 70-90 mph! The brunt of the higher winds and wind gusts can be expected for areas mainly east of Interstate 95. Areas further inland will mostly see winds reaching the 40 to 50 mph range.

We should see improving conditions by late Saturday as the storm pulls away to the northeast. Keep up to date with our latest forecast on your WJCL app as well as Twitter and Facebook.